Wikipedia Tag

I finally got a chance to play Wikipedia tag (see Barbara's blog for a more detailed explanation). My answers are:

Events that happened on April 20

• 1534 - Jacques Cartier set sail on the voyage in which he "discovered" Canada and Labrador
• 1792 - France declared war on Austria, the commencement of the French Revolutionary Wars (not to be confused with the Napoleonic Wars that followed immediately afterwards)
• 1972 - Apollo 16 lands on the moon

Births (besides mine) on April 20

• 1889 - Adolf Hitler
• 1949 - Toller Cranston (Canadian figure skater and artist)
  

Death on April 20

• 1912 - Bram Stoker (author of Dracula)

Holiday/Observance on April 20

• Cannabis Smokers Day

This is interesting. Apparently, in the 1970s, a group of marijuana smokers met on a regular basis at 4:20 PM to smoke their weed. Since that time, people who want marijuana to be legalized have made a point of smoking cannabis on April 20 (4/20) every year.